Descriptive text

Dear student…..

Agak bingung mempelajari teks description and report??  Don’t worry, now you’ll read the difference between them.  Check it out.

Description adalah jenis teks yang berisi uraian tentang sesuatu. To describe yang artinya menggambarkan, maka jenis teks ini menceritakan sesuatu dengan jelas, sehingga tanpa melihat objek yang diceritakan, pembaca atau pendengar seolah-olah bisa melihat dengan jelas objek tersebut.

Hampir mirip dengan teks bergenre REPORT. Namun tentu saja ada perbedaannya. Report menceritakan sesuatu secara umum, tetapi teks Descriptive hanya menceritakan satu objek tertentu.

Coba perhatikan contoh teks berikut:

Text 1

I have a pet. It is a dog and I call it Brownie. It is a Chinese breed. It is small, fluffy, and cute. It has got thick brown fur. When I cuddle it, the fur feels soft. Brownie doesn’t like bones. Everyday it eats soft food like steamed rice, fish or bread. (Bergenre DESCRIPTIVE karena menceritakan tentang seekor anjing yang bernama Brownie)

Text 2

A kangaroo is an animal found only n Australia, although is has a small relative, called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian island in Tasmania and also in New Guinea.(Bergenre REPORT karena menceritakan tentang Kangaroo secara umum)

Coba perhatikan lagi contoh berikut:

CAT belongs to mammal… (report)

MY CAT has thick fur…. (descriptive)

Perhatikan juga susunan berikut:

Genre : Descriptive

Social Function : To describe a particular person, place, or thing

Generic Structure :

1. Identification (identify phenomenon to be described)

2. Description (describe parts, qualities, characteristics)

Bandingkan dengan:

Genre : Report

Social Function : To describe the way things are (for example a man-made thing, animals, plants).

Text organization :

1. General Classification (Introduce the topic of the report such as: the class or the subclass)

2. Identification (tell the shape/form, parts, behaviour, habitat, way of survival)

Well, must be clear enough ya.  Kalau masih belum jelas, boleh nanya ko.  Silahkan leave comment di bawah postingan ini ya….